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G. GROSS'MAN. STOCK GAB.

No. 337,323. Patented Mar. 2, 1886.

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llNiTED STATES PATENT QEETQE.

GEORGE GBOSSMAN, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCK-CAR.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 337,323, dated March 2.1886.

Application filed September 7, 1885. Serial No. 176,391. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it k nown that I, GEORGE Gnossnrlima citizen of the United States,residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Stock-Oars, of whichthe following is a specification.

*My invention relates to improvements in cars for the transportation ofstock; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide stallswhich will separate the animals safely from each other, and at the sametime permit such individual movement aswill relieve them from the strainproduced by standing in a fixed position while on the cars for anylength of time; and, second, to feed and water the animals withoutunloading them from the car. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I representsa side elevation of the car provided with my improvements; Fig. II, anenlarged elevation of one-half of the car with the side removed; Fig.III, a top view of part of the car with the roof removed; Fig. IV, anopen end elevation showing a movable side of a stall in position afterthe animal has been loaded; Fig. V, an end view of the same, showing themovable side in position to re ceive the animal; and Fig. VI, an endview of the slats as used by me.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views. Y

My peculiararrangement permits me to carry out my purpose and at thesame time use the ordinary-sized car. The animals in one-half of the carall have their heads pointed in one direction, and those in the otherhalf in the opposite direction. Along and at suflicient distance fromthe side of the car to permit the passage of an attendant extends awatertrough, A, having feed-boxes B attached to the outer side oppositethe position occupied by each animal. At the end of the car a diagonalstationary partition, 0, extends from the corner of the car on the sideon which the animals stand to the trough, while along the same side areplaced a number of partitions, D, hinged to the side of the car andadapted to form sides of stalls.

Attached to a beam, E, running along the top of the car there are hingedtriangular hangers F, fastened to the said beam at two points, ff, so asto prevent any swinging with the length of the car, but allowing motiondiagonally across it. The lower ends of the hangers are arranged so asto permit their being secured to the outer or swinging ends of thepartitions D by means of a staple, d, secured to the partition and thelocking-pin e. The points at which the hangers are located are soarranged that when secured to the partitions the latter are parallelwith the stationary partition 0, thus forming stalls in which theanimalsstand not only diagonally across the car, but also diagonallywith the direction in which it travels. This disposition of the stallshas two great advantages: First, the animals can be carried in morenarrow cars; and, second, the animals can brace themselves better orstand more firmly than when traveling sidewise. The partitions are inlength only about twothirds the width of the car, thus permiting greaterfreedom to the rising of the animal in case it should get down. Thisshortening of stall'partitions permits of any animal being taken outseparately by loosening those between it and the door at the head andpassing it out in front of them. The stall-spaces are divided off at thehead and the animals pre vented from injuring each other by groups G ofthree rods each extending from the top of the trough to diagonal beamsH, connecting the longitudinal beam E to the side of the car.

- In the top of the center of the car there is a receptacle, K, intowhich water is fed, from where it is conducted by adjustable pipes L,(shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1V and V,) supported from theroof byhangers l to the end of the car, whence, by means of small pipes M, itis carried down to and along the trough A, into which it is fed throughsmall openings in the said pipes M, thus not only avoiding the labor andinconvenience of carrying the water by hand from animal to animal, butcompelling an almost simultaneous delivery of fresh water to eachanimal.

Additional advantages in thus fixing the main water-pipe L, as shown bydotted lines in Figs. IV and V, are that it prevents the animals fromkicking, so as to get over the stall-partitions, and in cold weather theheat from their bodies keeps the water in the pipes from freezing, theheight of the pipe L ha ing made to conform as nearly as possible withthe height of the animals under it.

The windows of the car are composed of horizontal slats P, connected bymeans of a rod which can be moved and held in any required position, soas to regulate the openings between said slats.

The feed-boxes are arranged to be folded upward when not in use, asshown by the dotted lines 1 in Figs. IV and V.

The triangular space N between each end of the car and the partitions Ocan be utilized for the use of attendants and storage of feed and otherarticles.

The animals in the two divisions of the car are headed in differentdirections for the purpose of balancing the weight, and are loaded asfollows: The partitions D and hangers F are all disconnected, the formerbeing swung back against the side of the car, as shown in Fig. V. Theanimals are taken in at the center one by one, and as each issuccessively placed in its stall the partition D, next the entrance, isopened out and rigidly secured in that position by attaching it to itsrespective hanger.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim, andsecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a stock-car, the combination,with the car-body, of partitionshinged to the side of the car, which when opened to form stalls extendbut partially across said car in order to permit the passage of animalsin front of those occupying stalls, and hangers so secured above as toprevent any motion with the length of the car, substantially asspecified.

2. The combination, in a stock-car, of a 1011- gitudinal pipe dependingfrom the roof of the car,extending over and near the backs of theanimals,and constructed to be raised or lowcred and secured at thedesired height to utilize the heat from the bodies of said animals toprevent the freezing of water therein and at the same time serve as akicking-beam, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a stock-car, of a main water-pipe dependingfrom the top of the car over the animals and feeding adistributing-pipe, the said distribntingpipe extending along thewater-trough,andthe trough, substantially as specified.

GEO. GROSSMAN.

Witnesses:

H. R. IVICCONQMY, Win. Gnnnan'r.

